binmucker
4 months ago
GM ☀️








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In the twinkly-winkly town of Tip-Tap-Tun,
Where orange trees swayed in the bright blazing sun,
The Tip-Tappians traded with giggles and cheer —
Swapping snook-berries, socks, and root beer!
They’d swap-a-ma-jig, they’d trade-a-ma-jag,
With shells in a sack or treats in a bag.
Till Mayor McMint (with a minty green hat)
Declared, “This bartering’s slow! We can’t have all that!”
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So he built a Big Bank with a ZOOP-ZAPPING machine,
The fastest money-printer the world’s ever seen!
With a WHIRR and a PURR and a thunderous KA-POW,
It printed up paper, and plenty of it now!
“Look here!” cried McMint, “No more trading delay!
This magic machine makes it easy to pay!”
But the Zapper kept humming a troublesome tune:
“Print-a-lot, print-a-lot, morning and noon!”
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The Tip-Tappians cheered, “What a marvelous thing!
We’ll buy-a-lot, shop-a-lot, bling-a-bling-bling!”
But soon the town square was a flurry of bills,
Fluttering like snow on the Tip-Tappy hills.
More and more paper went round and around,
Till it buried the streets and it smothered the ground!
And then something nasty (not funny-ha-ha)
Happened to each Tip-Tappy mama and papa…
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A Truffula fruit that cost two tiny coins
Now gobbled their savings (oh, aching loins!).
A loaf of Wumbo bread leapt from one buck to four,
Their money bought less than it had before!
“Our coins!” cried the people, “They’re shrinking somehow!
A Sneetchy-fruit smoothie costs ten dollops now!”
The Zapper sang louder, its message was wrong:
“The more that I print, the less money stays strong!”
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Then Penny the Pig, with her polka-dot nose,
Squealed out the truth that everyone knows:
“It’s INFLATION!” she oinked, “When money’s made plenty,
Your piggy bank’s worth becomes not-worth-a-penny!”
“It nibbles your nickels! It chews up your change!
It makes all your money behave very strange!
When mayors print money like cakes in a pan,
Your savings will vanish as quick as they can!”
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One bright Tip-Tappy day, when the sun struck just right,
A stranger appeared with a coin shining bright.
He wore not a crown, nor a banker’s disguise,
But a curious grin and stars in his eyes.
“Behold!” said the stranger, “This Bitcoin, you see,
Is digital money as scarce as can be!
No mayor can fake it, no bank can inflate it —
It’s honest as honey; you cannot deflate it!”
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“It lives in the network, a cloud in the sky,
But only twenty-one million pass by!
No printing, no pressing, no Zapping (unless we are talking sats on Nostr) allowed,
Its number stays steady, unbent and unbowed!”
The people all gasped, “But who makes the rules?
Who guards all the ledgers? Who minds all the jewels?”
The stranger just twinkled, “That’s the magical start —
Thousands of helpers, one beating heart!”
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“They’re called miners, my friends — no pickaxe, no coal,
But computers connected from pole unto pole!
They speak in the language of ones and of zeros,
Defenders of Bitcoin, these digital heroes!”
“Each one checks the other; they cannot mislead!
A liar is spotted the moment they cheat.
The network cries ‘NO!’ to each trick or deceit,
And keeps all the money both honest and neat!”
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“But HOW?” barked McMint, with a skeptical frown.
“Without central bosses, it all tumbles down!
Who keeps it in order when no one’s in charge?
How do you manage a system so large?”
“Ah-HA!” said the stranger, “That’s blockchain, my friend!
A ledger that stretches from start to no end!
Each block locks transactions, all linked in a chain,
For all eyes to see — through sunshine or rain!”
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Penny the Pig squealed with jubilant might,
“It’s like one big book that is open and bright!
Everyone reads it, but no one can change
The words that are written — now isn’t that strange?”
“Strange but delightful,” the stranger replied,
“No mayor, no banker, no bureaucrat’s pride
Can alter the story or twist what’s been done —
Bitcoin belongs to everyone!”
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So some Tip-Tappians, wiser that day,
Saved bits of their money the blockchain way.
Some paper, some silver, some gold in a drawer,
But Bitcoin in wallets they treasured still more.
No longer afraid that their savings would sink,
When mayors went printing without even a think.
For Bitcoin stayed Bitcoin, through thick and through thin —
A treasure no meddler could ever get in!
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Yet not every Tip-Tappian wanted to switch,
Some clung to their paper, their comfortable itch.
And that was just fine, for the moral was clear:
Choice makes a people both happy and free!
Some shopped with their paper, some bartered with hats,
Some stacked shiny gold in their tidy old flats.
And some tapped out Bitcoin with digital zaps,
Sending it flying through networks and maps!
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The town came to see money’s many disguises —
It shifts, it inflates, it shrinks, it surprises!
Some grows when you print it, some shrinks when you press,
And some stays the same — and that might be best.
They learned a new word that was tricky yet neat:
“Scarcity” — meaning there’s not a repeat.
When something is rare, it holds all its might,
Like fireflies glowing on midsummer night.
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So if you should wander through Tip-Tap-Tun,
You’ll see folks using more ways than one.
Paper and Bitcoin, with gold and with shells,
Each choosing the money that suits them quite well.
But whispering softly, like treasure in air,
Is Bitcoin, the money beyond all compare.
It hums in the wires, a blockchain lullaby,
A network of trust that reaches the sky.
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And maybe, just maybe, you’ll smile and agree
That money’s a choice — for both you and for me!
Some folks print paper, some mint shiny gold,
But Bitcoin’s a story that’s daring and bold.
A tale still unfolding, of freedom reclaimed,
Where no single player controls the whole game.
For that makes it different, unique in its frame —
And that makes Bitcoin wonderfully… not the same!
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So remember, dear reader, when grown-ups decide
What money to use, keep your eyes open wide!
Ask questions like: “Who gets to make more?”
And “Will my piggy bank buy less at the store?”
For money’s no magic (though some make it seem),
It shapes all our futures, our lives, and our dreams.
And whether it’s Bitcoin or paper or gold —
The best kind of money stays fair, pure, and bold!





